Dec 1st to 3rd - Mesa

Dec 1st – Thurs
Needless to say, Terry wasn’t feeling too chipper today. Moe came by just before 10 to see if we wanted to join him for breakfast but that didn’t sound at all good to Terry and I already ate a muffin so we passed on the invitation.
Right after Terry left at 11:30 to take Moe to the airport, Ernie & Dianne stopped by. As they were leaving, they ran into Steph who was delivering Christmas cards and she came in to chat. We were joined for a while by Sue.
Steph was still here when Terry returned so he made some soup but his queasy stomach only tolerated a small bowl. We took it easy the rest of the afternoon and went to listen to music at 3. It poured rain early this morning and was still cool so music was in the ballroom instead of the courtyard. We did a couple of line dances but the music was generally slow and didn’t get the crowd dancing too much.
Dinner, dessert & TV filled the evening.

Dec 2nd – Fri
It’s a good thing that we didn’t have to be at bocce ball doesn’t until 9:45 as the early hours were our only “down” time today. Bocce ball lasted until 11:30 today and then I made pancakes & eggs for lunch. Next it was time to do laundry. Even then we multitasked – I got books at the library and worked on a puzzle and Terry went to get DEF for the truck.
After putting away the laundry and making the bed, we went to Costco where I ordered contacts and we got some coffee. We were going to stop for a few groceries on the way back but made a quick stop at Big Lots instead.
Music in the courtyard at 3 was moved into the ballroom again as it was pretty cool. We danced a bit and stayed after 5 for a few minutes to chat with Sue & her friend Maria. When we were at the ballroom, Dave & Glo invited us over to play cards so I made dinner as fast as I could and we walked to their place around 6:30.
We played Pegs & Jokers and Ponytail Canasta and drank chocolate martinis. Yes, even Terry who yesterday wasn’t going to drink for a month was drinking the martinis. We got home about 12:30 as we had to determine the Canasta winners (the women!).

Dec 3rd – Sat
After breakfast, we went shopping for a few groceries, dropped them off so the ice cream wouldn’t melt and went to WalMart for a couple of items. When we returned, we went visiting on our bikes. Julie wasn’t home so we chatted with Larry and gave Bandit his treat. We talked for quite a while with Phyllis and discovered that it was raining when we went to leave. It is only about a minute from there on our bikes so it’s not like we got very wet.
We relaxed and watched golf and I did some dinner prep. Ernie & Dianne came over about 3:30 so we could play some cards before dinner. After dinner, we all went to a dance here at the park.
We arrived first at the dance and found we were seated with some people who don’t dance much but were sitting at the end of the table which makes it harder to get out and dance. Ernie & Dianne had tickets for a different table so we changed to that table and when Duane & Sue and their friends Bob & Maria arrived, we had them change to our table too. Good company, good band, good evening.
We all went to Ernie & Dianne’s for a nightcap when the dance ended at 10 and we got home at 11:30.